https://youtu.be/Fkk9DI-8el4?si=bVKAdanp_6Wonfr6

That would be a great return for Willy...

Dcore is clearly better but this team would have huge problems scoring on nights where Matthews wasn't feeling it.

NYR pass, Miller simply isn't available for any trade.

Our d core isn’t deep enough to trade Miller and not get a replacement d man of similar caliber. Not easy to replace 20+ minutes a night on the 2nd d pair.

They do have McCann and Laine and putting them somewhere in the top 6 would make a whole lot more sense, but it probably would be a problem with Laine being so streaky, and I would imagine that he would play with Matthews making Matthews the setup men, kind of like Matthews with Nylander but it would be more like Matthews in Nylander since the early days. The PP1 would probably be worse than it is now, and best described as dysfunctional. McCann could be used to provide solid second scoring or in the top 6 and make the PP2 unit much stronger. The Tavares line risks become very unproductive though even if the 3rd line starts scoring, so maybe it balances out but who knows?

Possible combinations of lines:

Knies - Matthews - Laine
Bertuzzi - Tavares - Kakko
McCann - Domi - Jarnkrok (would probably be a strong line)

McCann - Matthews - Kakko
Bertuzzi - Tavares - Laine
Knies - Domi - Jarnkrok

Leafs aren’t doing any of these obviously lol

Use your words...